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I believe it will be cheaper. We don't intend to be running any new AAA games anyway.

I'm really going for best price to performance. I don't believe the small percentage of performance we would get from using newer chips would be worth the money.

I'm still running Skylake like a champ.

~Angular

Are you buying the parts new? A 6600k and 390 was a balanced build in like 2014, but if you're buying new you're going to be overpaying by a lot.

An 8100 will be equivalent and an i5 8400 will perform like a 7700k. Ryzen APUs are also a great option depending on what games you're trying to run. If you ever need more GPU power it's very easy and cheap to upgrade

If I'm honest I spend more time playing with the hardware than I do playing on the hardware

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I believe it will be cheaper. We don't intend to be running any new AAA games anyway.

I'm really going for best price for performance. I don't believe the small percentage of performance we would get from using newer chips would be worth the money.

I'm still running Skylake like a champ.

~Angular

But why K sku CPUs?

From an administration standpoint having to dial in overclocks for each of the 9 gaming rigs with the potential instability that comes with it will be waaaay more headache than any performance benefit. I'd drop the K sku CPU and get a non Z series motherboard and you'd drop a couple of hundred bucks off each build. That and just get 8th gen CPUs because if you ever refresh the build you'll get more for them than CPUs that are already 3 generations old.

EDIT: Just noticed the R9 390.....at least get a modern GPU. Throw a 1070 in there or hell even a 1060 and you'll get better power consumption as well as equivalent or greater performance.

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From an administration standpoint having to dial in overclocks for each of the 9 gaming rigs with the potential instability that comes with it will be waaaay more headache than any performance benefit. I'd drop the K sku CPU and get a non Z series motherboard and you'd drop a couple of hundred bucks off each build. That and just get 8th gen CPUs because if you ever refresh the build you'll get more for them than CPUs that are already 3 generations old.

Very good point.

I will definitely be changing our builds. Any builds you would recommend? Any info would be vey helpful!

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Are you buying the parts new? A 6600k and 390 was a balanced build in like 2014, but if you're buying new you're going to be overpaying by a lot.

An 8100 will be equivalent and an i5 8400 will perform like a 7700k. Ryzen APUs are also a great option depending on what games you're trying to run. If you ever need more GPU power it's very easy and cheap to upgrade

I was planning on sources materials new yes, but now I see going a couple gens back wasn't as cost efficient as I thought.

My past experiences with water cooling haven't brought up problems with the pump being too loud. Thanks for the insight!

~Angular

I just switched from a Corsair H90i to the Cryorig C7 out of necessity when downsizing to mITX. The pump, while not loud, was the noisiest part of the system in non gaming loads (note I had 3 200mm low RPM fans and the 1400 Fractla Venturi fan as the RAD fan) It wasnt bad, but it was notably the weak spot when it came to silence.

The system is notably quieter at idle now without the AIO. Plus, most of the i5/R5 lineups dont need AIO's to achieve max performance. Some might eve consider the H7 to be over kill for a locked CPU, but at $28 right now it's hard to say no to.

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a little over the 950$ budget.

I had it finished right as the $950 budget came up. TBH all that would need to be swapped was the 1070 for a 1060

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This is excluding Windows licensing of course, since you're going to be making money off of this you'll definitely want to buy legit licenses, whether you get an Enterprise license or just go with individual licenses that's up to you. Also why are you wanting to use 2560x1080 monitors? Why not just stick with a cheaper 1920x1080 60Hz monitor and call it a day?

This is excluding Windows licensing of course, since you're going to be making money off of this you'll definitely want to buy legit licenses, whether you get an Enterprise license or just go with individual licenses that's up to you. Also why are you wanting to use 2560x1080 monitors? Why not just stick with a cheaper 1920x1080 60Hz monitor and call it a day?